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Structure and Tribological Performance of Nanostructured ZrO2-3 mol% Y2O3 Coatings Deposited by Air Plasma Spraying

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In this study, nanostructured ZrO2-3 mol% Y2O3 coatings were deposited by air plasma spray using reconstituted feedstock. The coating structures were characterized by x-ray diffractometer, micro-Raman spectrometer, field emission scanning electron microscope, and transmission electron microscope. It is revealed that the as-sprayed coating is mainly composed of columnar grains with diameters <100 nm and demonstrates the better toughness, higher microhardness, and lower porosity. It consists only of nontransformable tetragonal ZrO2 phase. The tribological performance of the coating was examined with a ball-on-disk apparatus under dry sliding conditions. The results show that the friction coefficient of as-sprayed coating was approximately one-fifth of the conventional zirconia coating and wear rate was lower one order of magnitude than the conventional zirconia coating. The dominant wear mechanism is abrasive wear. The improved wear resistance can be attributed to the increased mechanical properties of as-sprayed coating.

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, 066004, Hebei, People’s Republic of China

    B. Liang

  2. Institute for Composite Materials, University of Kaiserslautern, 67663, Kaiserslautern, Germany

    B. Liang & G. Zhang

  3. LERMPS, Université de Technologie de Belfort-Montbéliard, 90010, Belfort, France

    G. Zhang, H. L. Liao & C. Coddet

  4. Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academic of Sciences, Shanghai, 200050, People’s Republic of China

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Liang, B., Zhang, G., Liao, H.L. et al. Structure and Tribological Performance of Nanostructured ZrO2-3 mol% Y2O3 Coatings Deposited by Air Plasma Spraying. J Therm Spray Tech 19, 1163–1170 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11666-010-9551-7

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